GREENVILLE, S.C., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, is proud to announce that it has been awarded TTI's Supplier Excellence Award for the Americas, Asia and Europe. This coveted award represents the highest recognition possible of a supplier's performance within TTI.

"We are extremely pleased to receive the 'TTI Supplier Excellence Award' in the Americas, Asia and Europe again this year. Earning the award in the Americas every year since TTI began the award in 1995 is extremely gratifying," said Jim Bruorton, KEMET Vice President, Global Distribution Sales and Business Development. "The entire KEMET Team from corporate management, to sales, to inside sales and service, quality and manufacturing work every day to make sure we exceed the 'Supplier Excellence' criteria. Our goal is to earn the TTI Supplier Excellence Award every year in all three regions," continued Bruorton.

"KEMET's global commitment to excellent service is demonstrated by its ability to earn the TTI Supplier Excellence award in all three regions – Americas, Europe & Asia. KEMET is the only TTI Americas supplier who has earned Supplier Excellence recognition each year since we launched our program back in 1995," said Melanie M. Pizzey, TTI Vice President, Global Product Operations. "This level of performance by the KEMET employees is to be commended and further represents the strong partnership between TTI and KEMET worldwide."

About KEMET

KEMET's common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "KEM." At the Investor Relations section of our web site at http://ir.kemet.com/, users may subscribe to KEMET news releases and find additional information about our Company. KEMET applies world class service and quality to deliver industry leading, high performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world and offers the world's most complete line of surface mount and through-hole capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, film, aluminum, electrolytic, and paper dielectrics. Additional information about KEMET can be found at http://www.kemet.com.

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